A while back, I admitted to having a soft spot for East Coast rap. How could I not, with big names like Biggie, Big L, and Rakim hailing from New York. Well, my amorous relationship is only getting stronger. I was recently introduced to Dujeous, a hip hop band. Yes, they are a band, consisting of  horns, drums, bass, guitar [...]

I now have an inkling of why an aspiring indie musician from my high school went to Wesleyan. Not because he was excited to live in Middletown, which is a sad excuse for a college town. A more likely motivation was his chances of making it big in a band, which are statistically higher there than any other small liberal arts [...]

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This is the kind of music I listen to on a cool summer’s eve after a long, satisfying day. Catchy drums that I would categorize as throbs, accompanied by light guitar and keyboard instrumentation, textured sound effects and eerily soothing vocals typify the hard-to-describe sound of Twin Sister, a Long Island band whose first full album (to be released in [...]

[flagallery gid=1 name="Gallery"] Original photographs by David Korman and Benjamin Twichell I don’t know how I could have spent this past Saturday in any better way. I hopped in the car with my friend Jasper, swooped my homie Niko, and took the windy road to Point Reyes Station. As we slapped my music on shuffle, we passed by rolling hills [...]